A. Put the suitable prepositions into the reading passage. (2pts)
Trouble at Norton Mining
The entire workforce of Norton Mining has gone (1) _______ strike following a serious accident at the mine in Coolooma. The cause (2) _______the accident is unclear, but the union is blaming management attitudes to safety regulations. A spokesperson said “Damage (3) _______ equipment was frequently ignored and union demands (4) ____safer working practices were rejected. The managers’ relationship (5)_______ the union was very poor, so although we pointed out that there’d been a rise (6)_______ the number of minor accidents over the past year, they said there was no need for a change in working practices.”
John Norton, the chairman of Norton Mining, is away (7) _______ a business trip. His secretary said she had spoken to him (8) _______ the phone. The news of the accident had come (9) _______ a great shock to him, she added. She was unable to say when he would be back.
It is understood that the police would like to speak to Mr. Norton in connection (10) _______ a number of his financial dealings.
B. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (1pt)
The Language Instinct
When I was young, I found language classes rather pointless. I enjoyed other subjects, but languages were my weaknesses. I couldn’t understand a word and I used to (1. pronounce) _______ everything. My teacher knew I was an ambitious student who wanted to do well, but I let myself down in languages. My marks were (2. accept) _______ in French and German and I wanted to give it up. Then one year I went to Germany and something amazing happened. It all started to make sense. I took (3. proud) _______ in talking to people. I didn’t feel like a (4. fail) _______ anymore and I started to make progress. In fact, languages became one of my (5. strong) _______. I went on to study German at college and became a good communicator.
A. Put the suitable prepositions into the reading passage. (2pts)
Trouble at Norton Mining
The entire workforce of Norton Mining has gone (1) ___into____ strike following a serious accident at the mine in Coolooma. The cause (2) ___of____the accident is unclear, but the union is blaming management attitudes to safety regulations. A spokesperson said “Damage (3) __of_____ equipment was frequently ignored and union demands (4) __for__safer working practices were rejected. The managers’ relationship (5)___of____ the union was very poor, so although we pointed out that there’d been a rise (6)_____in__ the number of minor accidents over the past year, they said there was no need for a change in working practices.”
John Norton, the chairman of Norton Mining, is away (7) ___on____ a business trip. His secretary said she had spoken to him (8) ____on___ the phone. The news of the accident had come (9) ____as___ a great shock to him, she added. She was unable to say when he would be back.
It is understood that the police would like to speak to Mr. Norton in connection (10) ___with____ a number of his financial dealings.
B. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (1pt)
The Language Instinct
When I was young, I found language classes rather pointless. I enjoyed other subjects, but languages were my weaknesses. I couldn’t understand a word and I used to (1. pronounce) _mispronounce______ everything. My teacher knew I was an ambitious student who wanted to do well, but I let myself down in languages. My marks were (2. accept) ___unaccepted____ in French and German and I wanted to give it up. Then one year I went to Germany and something amazing happened. It all started to make sense. I took (3. proud) __pride_____ in talking to people. I didn’t feel like a (4. fail) ____failure___ anymore and I started to make progress. In fact, languages became one of my (5. strong) _strength______. I went on to study German at college and became a good communicator.